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Entry tags:
Iron Man / Bones / The Office / Heroes / X-Men (PG)
Title: Five Women Pepper Potts Has Shown To The Door by amazingly_me
Pairing: Tony/Pepper, with mentions of Tony/Cam, Tony/Kelly, Tony/Elle, and Tony/Jean
Length: 2,547
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author Website: N/A
Why this must be read:
It's very difficult to do multi-fandom crossovers well, but this author does an excellent job showing Pepper's interactions with each of these very different women. I loved how she saw aspects of herself as well as her fears in all of them and eventually decides to take the next step with Tony.
"My name is Pepper Potts. I'm Mr. Stark's executive assistant. May I come in?"
"Um, yeah! Totally." The voice is hesitant for all of two seconds before it turns bubbly and welcoming. Slightly bemused, Pepper opens the door.
There is a pretty, dark-skinned woman standing by the bed, tugging on her shoes and taking in Pepper with unabashed fascination.
"It must be so cool to have a boss who's a superhero, and I mean, seriously, he must be the hottest superhero ever, right? God you should totally pull a Spiderman and kiss him upside down in the rain. You have red hair and everything! Do not let anyone tell you that would not be romantic because that would be so romantic."
Pepper feels herself blush.
"I can have your clothes cleaned, if you'd like," she says after a moment's pause.
"Oh no that's totally fine. God I love your shoes. I'm Kelly Kapoor, by the way!"
Pepper cannot even manage a, "pleased to meet you" before Kelly is off again, slave to some kind of conversational starting gun only she can hear.
"Oh my God this has to be the nicest hotel room ever. Seriously, like, this thing has at least three rooms. It must be so amazing to get to stay in places like this all the time. And I bet you meet the most awesome people -- wait, wait, is there a Spiderman? Like, really? Have you met him? Because Toby Maguire is hot, but the real Spiderman might be hotter."
The answers are yes it is, yes I do, and no, not to my knowledge. Pepper can't decide whether to give them, but luckily Kelly decides for her. Without even pausing for breath she starts to talk about Seabiscuit (he looked so good on a horse, seriously) and Pepper leads the way to the hotel lobby, aiming for unobtrusive.
She begins to go over the day's to-do list, letting Kelly's words go in one ear and out the other, managing several polite nods and smiles at appropriate moments.
Finding Tony is first, for obvious reasons (I cannot believe Cate Blanchett didn't get the Oscar -- I mean she is so amazing in those Elizabeth movies, right? She totally deserved to win!) and then she needs to review the day's schedule with him. She has to call People and smooth any ruffled feathers over Tony's behavior at the photoshoot yesterday (oh my God, Jamie Lynn named her baby Maddie Briann, isn't that so seriously adorable? I cannot believe everybody's being so mean about her having a baby young -- she is being so mature about the whole thing, and it's totally nobody's business but theirs, right?). She has to catch up on all of his e-mails. She has to remind him what he is and isn't allowed to promise The Avengers (I'm totally not a slut, you know? And people just do not get that --) and --
"Doesn't it bother you?" Pepper blurts out.
Kelly tilts her head and raises an eyebrow. "Doesn't what bother me?"
"That -- that he --" Pepper realizes that she has very suddenly lost control of a conversation that, up until a moment ago, was a monologue. She lowers her voice. "That he just -- I mean, he left before you got up, and you'll probably never see him again -- doesn't being used like this make you mad?"
It's not the kind of question Pepper usually asks. It's completely inappropriate, and unprofessional, but Kelly Kapoor is so happy, and opinionated, and open, and she hasn't even asked to leave a message for Tony. Most of them don't.
Kelly shrugs, still smiling. "Honestly? I have so dealt with corporate executives before. And, like, if you're going to sleep with one of them? It might as well be the totally hot, superpowered one. Right?"
Pepper's pretty sure that's not an answer at all, but it seems to satisfy Kelly, who smiles, gives Pepper hair advice by way of farewell, and hails herself a cab.
Find Tony, Pepper thinks hurriedly, and does her best to forget the entire conversation.
Five Women Pepper Potts Has Shown To The Door
Pairing: Tony/Pepper, with mentions of Tony/Cam, Tony/Kelly, Tony/Elle, and Tony/Jean
Length: 2,547
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author Website: N/A
Why this must be read:
It's very difficult to do multi-fandom crossovers well, but this author does an excellent job showing Pepper's interactions with each of these very different women. I loved how she saw aspects of herself as well as her fears in all of them and eventually decides to take the next step with Tony.
"My name is Pepper Potts. I'm Mr. Stark's executive assistant. May I come in?"
"Um, yeah! Totally." The voice is hesitant for all of two seconds before it turns bubbly and welcoming. Slightly bemused, Pepper opens the door.
There is a pretty, dark-skinned woman standing by the bed, tugging on her shoes and taking in Pepper with unabashed fascination.
"It must be so cool to have a boss who's a superhero, and I mean, seriously, he must be the hottest superhero ever, right? God you should totally pull a Spiderman and kiss him upside down in the rain. You have red hair and everything! Do not let anyone tell you that would not be romantic because that would be so romantic."
Pepper feels herself blush.
"I can have your clothes cleaned, if you'd like," she says after a moment's pause.
"Oh no that's totally fine. God I love your shoes. I'm Kelly Kapoor, by the way!"
Pepper cannot even manage a, "pleased to meet you" before Kelly is off again, slave to some kind of conversational starting gun only she can hear.
"Oh my God this has to be the nicest hotel room ever. Seriously, like, this thing has at least three rooms. It must be so amazing to get to stay in places like this all the time. And I bet you meet the most awesome people -- wait, wait, is there a Spiderman? Like, really? Have you met him? Because Toby Maguire is hot, but the real Spiderman might be hotter."
The answers are yes it is, yes I do, and no, not to my knowledge. Pepper can't decide whether to give them, but luckily Kelly decides for her. Without even pausing for breath she starts to talk about Seabiscuit (he looked so good on a horse, seriously) and Pepper leads the way to the hotel lobby, aiming for unobtrusive.
She begins to go over the day's to-do list, letting Kelly's words go in one ear and out the other, managing several polite nods and smiles at appropriate moments.
Finding Tony is first, for obvious reasons (I cannot believe Cate Blanchett didn't get the Oscar -- I mean she is so amazing in those Elizabeth movies, right? She totally deserved to win!) and then she needs to review the day's schedule with him. She has to call People and smooth any ruffled feathers over Tony's behavior at the photoshoot yesterday (oh my God, Jamie Lynn named her baby Maddie Briann, isn't that so seriously adorable? I cannot believe everybody's being so mean about her having a baby young -- she is being so mature about the whole thing, and it's totally nobody's business but theirs, right?). She has to catch up on all of his e-mails. She has to remind him what he is and isn't allowed to promise The Avengers (I'm totally not a slut, you know? And people just do not get that --) and --
"Doesn't it bother you?" Pepper blurts out.
Kelly tilts her head and raises an eyebrow. "Doesn't what bother me?"
"That -- that he --" Pepper realizes that she has very suddenly lost control of a conversation that, up until a moment ago, was a monologue. She lowers her voice. "That he just -- I mean, he left before you got up, and you'll probably never see him again -- doesn't being used like this make you mad?"
It's not the kind of question Pepper usually asks. It's completely inappropriate, and unprofessional, but Kelly Kapoor is so happy, and opinionated, and open, and she hasn't even asked to leave a message for Tony. Most of them don't.
Kelly shrugs, still smiling. "Honestly? I have so dealt with corporate executives before. And, like, if you're going to sleep with one of them? It might as well be the totally hot, superpowered one. Right?"
Pepper's pretty sure that's not an answer at all, but it seems to satisfy Kelly, who smiles, gives Pepper hair advice by way of farewell, and hails herself a cab.
Find Tony, Pepper thinks hurriedly, and does her best to forget the entire conversation.
Five Women Pepper Potts Has Shown To The Door